Dry Spell...
I haven't been writing on Steemit like I would normally like to within the past few weeks. Some of it is due to unforeseen circumstance, but the main reason is because I feel like there isn't much worth talking about in the news. Sure, I could write about Charlottesville, I could talk about the US Navy's recent clusterfucks in the Pacific, and I could probably force myself to write about the Trump administration having an "Alice in Wonderland" moment in constantly rearranging cabinet members.
The key words in those efforts would be "forcing myself", which is something I'm very much against, in terms of writing and in usage of social media. I give myself a lot of leeway when it comes to what I post on Minds.com, Twitter, or Gab.ai because my intent behind using those sites is to engage in conversation and to lackadaisically post blurbs on various things.
When it comes to the articles I post on Steemit, however, I prefer things to be a lot more serious and I'm relatively strict in what I allow myself to post online. On Steemit, I write about news stories that I find to be interesting and pertinent, I talk about cultural issues that I feel need addressing, and I'll post my "Weekly Advice" articles on aspects of daily life that aren't appreciated or well-understood.
I often like to refer to writing as a way of "taking a mental shit", expelling all of the thoughts and opinions in my mind that have been racing about and transcribing them into a physical form. I like to be careful about when and how I do this, especially as a political/economic commentator, because of how many others are out there doing the same thing.
I try my best to set myself apart from other content creators because I don't want the sentiment behind those thoughts to be lost in translation, due to the fact that I chose to talk about the same damned things that everyone else and their grandmothers are ferociously blogging about at the moment. It's not like I've lost the passion for writing, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made this post or continue using social media in the way that I do.
The problem that I'm constantly running into is finding things that are worth my time in thinking about, researching, and then writing an article about. If I wanted to cop out and make a post for the sake of just writing, the top 3 things I would've gone for were AntiFa in Boston, the search for Seamen lost from the crash between an oil tanker and the USS John McCain, and cryptocurrencies still soaring in the markets.
However, I'm not keen on grabbing low-hanging fruit and forcing myself to speak about it. There comes a point when the attempt to continuously say profound things just becomes profane in its effort, which is something I am constantly checking myself for. Talking about AntiFa, Trump being an inept president, cryptocurrencies being market oddities, the Alt-Right being just as whiny and pitiful as the Alt-Left, and any other talking point you can find under the "Trending Hashtags" title becomes nauseatingly excessive and unneeded.
People that end up in protests like the ones in Boston, Charlottesville, and other places across the US are the exact same people that will go on for DAYS griping about the same issues, no matter if they're actually saying anything meaningful or useful towards achieving what they set out for. They use social media outlets as a way to feed an addiction for attention and over-sharing everything that passes through their minds.
Whether or not the outrage and remorse they express over current events is genuine or feigned, people who feel the need to say their two cents on every issue end up losing a lot of value in what they say. Their attempts to stay relevant and add their own commentary to a current event ends up being an unappealing, unceasing episode of hysterics.
So, I just want to end this by saying that I'll probably not post many more articles for a while. The usual "Weekly Advice" articles will still go up and I'm sure the occasional odd-ball piece will come up every now and again. But until things change in the news or if something comes up that I feel is worth discussing, I'll probably just hang back and refrain from writing.
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